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KINGFIELD — Some linens and oily rags are believed to have self-combusted Tuesday night and started a fire that damaged a storage/equipment room at Mainely Provisions laundromat on Main Street, Fire Chief Fred Nichols said Wednesday.

About 30 firefighters from Kingfield, Eustis, Carrabassett Valley, Strong, New Portland and Phillips responded to the report of a structure fire at about 7 p.m.

The laundromat was filled with smoke. Firefighters found the fire in the equipment/storage room and quickly extinguished it, Nichols said. Firefighters removed the linens and oily rags as well as debris from the room.

The room will have to be repaired. The laundromat is closed until further notice, he said.

Donna M. Perry is a general assignment reporter who has lived in Livermore Falls for 30 years and has worked for the Sun Journal for 20 years. Before that she was a correspondent for the Livermore Falls...